Chapter 7 Managing Firmware and Configurations

Working with Software Images

 

Command

Purpose

Step 6

 

 

end

Returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Step 7

 

 

archive upload-sw

Uploads the currently running WMIC image to the FTP

 

ftp:[[//[username[:password]@]location]/directory]/

server.

 

image-name.tar

For //username:password, specify the username and

 

 

 

 

password. These must be associated with an account on

 

 

the FTP server. For more information, see the “Preparing

 

 

to Download or Upload an Image File by Using FTP”

 

 

section on page 7-22.

 

 

For @location, specify the IP address of the FTP server.

 

 

For /directory/image-name.tar, specify the directory

 

 

(optional) and the name of the software image to be

 

 

uploaded. Directory and image names are case sensitive.

 

 

The image-name.taris the name of the software image

 

 

to be stored on the server.

 

 

 

The archive upload-swcommand builds an image file on the server by uploading these files in order: info, the IOS image, the HTML files, and info.ver. After these files are uploaded, the upload algorithm creates the tar file format.

Copying Image Files by Using RCP

You can download a WMIC image from an RCP server or upload the image from the WMIC to an RCP server.

You download a WMIC image file from a server to upgrade the WMIC software. You can overwrite the current image with the new one or keep the current image after a download.

You upload a WMIC image file to a server for backup purposes. You can use this uploaded image for future downloads to the same WMIC or another device of the same type.

This section includes this information:

Preparing to Download or Upload an Image File by Using RCP, page 7-27

Downloading an Image File by Using RCP, page 7-29

Uploading an Image File by Using RCP, page 7-31

Preparing to Download or Upload an Image File by Using RCP

RCP provides another method of downloading and uploading image files between remote hosts and the WMIC. Unlike TFTP, which uses User Datagram Protocol (UDP), a connectionless protocol, RCP uses TCP, which is connection-oriented.

To use RCP to copy files, the server from or to which you will be copying files must support RCP. The RCP copy commands rely on the rsh server (or daemon) on the remote system. To copy files by using RCP, you do not need to create a server for file distribution as you do with TFTP. You only need to have access to a server that supports the remote shell (rsh). (Most UNIX systems support rsh.) Because you are copying a file from one place to another, you must have read permission on the source file and write permission on the destination file. If the destination file does not exist, RCP creates it for you.

Cisco 3200 Series Router Hardware Reference

 

OL-5816-10

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3200 specifications

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